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📍 Two beautiful beachside locations: 🍃COOGEE, 6166 🌊 SECRET HARBOUR, 6173

Dog friendly and Cubby House for Kids ��

12/11/2026

💔 We have some very sad news to share.

Our dear customer and friend, Grandmother Elsie, passed away peacefully in the early hours of this morning, aged 96.

Elsie and her family were very special to us. Her family always knew where to find her if she wasn’t at home — at Surfing Lizard, enjoying her little routine by the beach. ☕️📰

We still remember her wheeling her chair up the ramp, finding her newspaper and settling in for the morning. She always carried just enough money for her small cappuccino with two sugars.

One day, Tam personally took her order and said:

“Elsie, from now on, we don’t sell you coffee anymore.”

She looked confused and went quiet for a moment, wondering what she had done wrong.

Then Tam told her:

“From now on, you don’t need to pay. We’ll buy you coffee for the rest of your life.”

She was around 88 or 90 at the time. We knew she could afford her coffee, but Tam had his own reason for doing it. Back in Vietnam, his grandma — the one who inspired our Grandma’s Fried Rice, now a favourite at both cafés — was about the same age. He didn’t get to see her often, and Elsie reminded him of her. ❤️

During COVID, when only takeaway was allowed, Elsie still came to the café. She couldn’t sit with her usual newspaper, so we tried to find a little spot for her. We even gave her a staff uniform, hoping she could stay — though it didn’t fool the police who came to check! 👮‍♂️😅

They questioned Elsie and our team and asked her to leave. Thankfully, we weren’t fined. After that, we found another way to keep her coffee routine going: we delivered her free cappuccino all the way down to the beach. 🌊☕️

We’ll never forget the day before Elsie moved into a nursing home. She became a little emotional and thanked us. We knew it meant the end of her regular Surfing Lizard cappuccino with two sugars.

Today, her daughter Jacki sent us a message to let us know that Elsie had passed away peacefully. We will be attending her funeral to pay our respects and say goodbye. 🕊️

We wanted to share this news with everyone who loved Elsie, and with those who remember seeing her make her way down to the water, day after day, or visiting our Coogee café between 2016 and 2022. 💛

Elsie, we’ll miss you very much. Thank you for leaving us with such beautiful memories. You’ll always have a special place in our hearts.

With love,
Tam and the Surfing Lizard team

09/11/2026

🌟📈 JUNIORS — TIME TO MAKE SOME $$$

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Surfing Lizard Secret Harbour is looking for casual junior staff who can work consistently on weekends. Being available on Christmas Day and New Year’s Day is a big plus. 🎄🎆

Summer school holidays are coming, which means plenty of chances to pick up shifts and earn some extra money. 💰

Here’s a simple example:

$400 a week × 8 weeks = $3,200 🤯
That’s what you could earn over the holidays if you’re reliable and pick up regular shifts.

And Christmas Day is paid at triple time! 🎄✨

For example, if you normally earn $270 for a shift, a Christmas Day shift could mean $810 for the morning.

We’re looking for someone with a great attitude who’s willing to learn and can show up reliably on weekends and public holidays. 🙌

No experience needed — we’ll train you! It could be a great first job. 🌟

Available on weekends and public holidays? Send your resume to:

📩 [email protected]

We’ll pass your CV on to our store manager.

Let’s make this summer count — how about aiming to earn $4,000 before school starts again? 😎💵

64 Resumes in two hours …
🚨Updated: we have stopped taking more Resumes.

08/11/2026

We prepare every drink with care
and respect—

freshly made
and sealed in-store,
just for you.

07/11/2026

Your mum’s won’t be surprised !
She will be shocked 🌟🌟🤣
Because she never believes you can cook Phở !
:

07/11/2026

Did you try this with the egg ?

06/11/2026

Dear Uber Eats customers,

Have you ever wondered how much of your order we actually receive when you order from us through Uber Eats?

Here’s a real example: a Bacon and Egg Roll.

After the food, packaging and labour costs, we actually lose about $2 on this item.

Running a small business is tough these days, and every order means a lot to us. Thank you for choosing to support our café. We truly appreciate you! ❤️

06/11/2026

Hi landlords,

We’re looking for a site in Rockingham/ Mandurah to open a Surfing Lizard café, preferably close to the water. Sized at least 300spm.

Do you have any suitable properties or locations you’d recommend? We’d love to hear from you.

Thanks!

01/11/2026

This or 72h Mum’s Angus Phở Noodles ?

30/10/2026

🌟📊 Wanna cook Phở At home ? No problems !

One pack - includes all the spices and seasoning …
Cut and pour in ! How simple is that ??

This pack is enough to feed 10 people ( or 12 ) ☺️☺️

Enjoy cooking and let us know how your Phở turn out !
surfinglizard.com.au

You shop… we ship !

30/10/2026

Dear customers,

After 10 years in Coogee and four years in Secret Harbour, we’ve been thinking a lot about how far this journey has taken us… 🥹

There were days we wondered if we could keep going.

The quiet days. The hard days. The moments when we looked at each other and asked, “Why are we doing this?” 😔

We started from scratch, in places where hardly anyone knew we existed. We took a big risk and put our home on the line to build something of our own. 🏡

We made plenty of mistakes along the way, but we kept learning, kept fixing things and kept showing up. 💪

And now, more than 100,000 visits are made to each of our cafés every year. 🤯 So many local families and friends have made Surfing Lizard part of their lives. ❤️

So, if these first few lines made you worry that we were saying goodbye… we’re not!

We’re still here — and today, we simply want to say thank you. 🙏

Thank you for every visit, every kind word, every meal shared with family and friends, and every bit of support you’ve given us over the years. ☕️🍽️👨‍👩‍👧‍👦

We feel incredibly lucky to still be serving this community, through all the ups and downs of a challenging economy. 🌊

We wouldn’t be here without you. ❤️

With all our hearts,
The Surfing Lizard team 🦎

Address

11 Palermo Cove
Secret Harbour, WA
6173

Telephone

+61415604496

Website

https://surfinglizard-coogee.mobi-booking.com/, https://surfinglizard-secretharbour.mobi-booking.com/

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